Ars Technica's Annalee Newitz and Cyrus Farivar talk to Catherine Bracy, founder of the TechEquity Collaborative, about Silicon Valley's equality issues and how to make the tech industry work for everyone. Recorded live August 16, 2017 at Eli's Mile High Club in Oakland, CA.

What's it like to poke, prod, and blow up stuff for a living? Ars Technica's Annalee Newitz and Cyrus Farivar talked with Norman Chan, the editor of Tested, Adam Savage's website and YouTube channel covering the intersections of technology, science, art, and pop culture. Recorded live May 17, 2017 at Eli's Mile High Club in Oakland, CA.

CERDEC's Night Vision and Electronic Sensors Directorate, U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center (ERDC), U.S. Army Research Laboratory, and U.S. Army Natick Soldier Research Development and Engineering Center together developed Tactical Augmented Reality and demonstrated it at #DODLabDay2017.

Ars Technica's Valentina Palladino takes a first look at Huawei's new Matebook X, which is limited to two USB-C ports, but makes up for its lack of ports with an included dongle. Read the article: https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2017/05/huawei-goes-after-apples-macbook-with-new-thin-and-light-matebook-x/

Demo of resuming an activity in Windows Timeline. The Timeline feature was recently announced by Microsoft. Read the article: https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2017/05/timeline-and-cortana-make-windows-better-even-when-youre-not-using-it/

Raw body camera footage from a staged recreation of an official automobile search by a police officer in Pueblo, CO. Read the article: https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2017/05/heres-the-staged-body-cam-footage-that-let-a-drug-suspect-go-free/

Ars Technica's Valentina Palladino reviews the new Garmin Vivosmart 3. Its new rep count tracking feature is great, though improvements to the Garmin Connect app are still sorely needed. Read the article: https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2017/04/garmin-vivosmart-3-review-beefing-up-the-vivo-line-with-new-and-borrowed-features/

Ars Technica's Valentina Palladino talks with Smarter about their new FridgeCam at CES 2017. Read the article: http://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2017/01/fridgecam-lets-you-make-your-dumb-fridge-smart-with-a-simple-camera/

Ars Technica's Valentina Palladino looks at the Notch motion tracking sensors and companion app, which are available now with SDK. Read the article: http://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2017/01/notch-is-a-3d-motion-tracking-system-youll-actually-want-to-use/

Ars Technica's Valentina Palladino tested out Misfit's new Vapor smartwatch at CES 2017, to be released sometime later this year. Read the article: http://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2017/01/misfits-vapor-is-its-first-touchscreen-smartwatch-with-heart-rate-and-gps/

Ars Technica's Sean Gallagher demonstrates how he connected the Arduino, Raspberry Pi, Teddy Ruxpin and Alexa to create "Bearlexa", to animate the bear when using Amazon's Alexa. Read the article: http://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2016/12/you-cant-unsee-tedlexa-the-internet-of-thingsai-bear-of-your-nightmares/

Ars Technica's Valentina Palladino reviews the new Lenovo Yoga Book convertible laptop, and goes over some of its pros (halo keyboard) and cons (halo keyboard). Read the article: http://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2016/12/lenovo-yoga-book-review-a-keyless-keyboard-that-will-get-you-talking-not-typing/

Ars Technica's Valentina Palladino reviews the TomTom Spark 3 activity tracker. Though simple in its features, and large and bulky on the wrist, TomTom offers a range of options at different prices to satisfy a larger audience. Read the article: http://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2016/11/tomtom-spark-3-review-a-reliable-watch-both-in-the-gym-and-on-the-trail/

Xiaomi's new Mi Mix smartphone has a beautiful design, but isn't without flaws—and you have to live in China to buy it.
Read the review: http://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2016/11/xiaomi-mi-mix-review-this-is-what-the-future-of-smartphones-looks-like/

Ars Technica's Valentina Palladino reviews the Sony Xperia X Compact smartphone, the followup to the Sony Z5 Compact. Unlike the Z5, the XperiaX Compact is not waterproof and does not have as fast a processor, but it does have an improved front-facing camera. Read the article: http://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2016/09/sony-xperia-x-compact-review-small-android-is-still-good-but-not-much-better/

Ars Technica's Annalee Newitz and Cyrus Farivar met in front of a live audience at Longitude bar in Oakland, CA and spoke with Lee Cheng, Chief Legal Officer of Newegg, Inc. about how to fight patent trolls and the strange and ridiculous world of excessive patent litigation. Read the article: http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2016/09/patents-are-bulls-t-says-neweggs-chief-legal-officer-lee-cheng/

There's a lot to talk about in the Apple Watch series 2. Ars Technica's Valentina Palladino tests out the series 2 Apple Watch as an activity tracker: she compares the original version v series 1 v series 2, and tests the swim tracker, GPS, Apple's Workout, Activity and Breathe apps, 3rd party apps, and various other enhancements. Read the article: http://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2016/09/apple-watch-series-2-review-the-best-of-a-fitness-tracker-in-smartwatch-form/

Ars Technica's Cyrus Farivar visited the Dos Palos police department to talk about their use of Visual Labs' body camera software which runs on Android devices rather than a proprietary body camera.
Read the article: http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2016/09/meet-visual-labs-a-body-camera-startup-that-doesnt-sell-body-cameras/

Ars Technica's Cyrus Farivar spoke with Leslie Miley, a Silicon Valley engineer, about diversity (or the lack thereof) in the tech industry in front of a live audience at Oakland's Longitude bar.
Read the article: http://arstechnica.com/business/2016/08/silicon-valley-is-hostile-to-diversity-says-slack-engineering-director-leslie-miley/

Ars Technica's Peter Bright got a close-up look at the new line of HP Omen products. The cube-shaped HP Omen desktop is the standout, and we also got a look at the prototype of their VR backpack system.
Read the article: http://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2016/08/hp-omen-x-cube-gaming-pc-price-details/

Ars Technica's Cyrus Farivar visited Beta in San Francisco to meet Pepper, the store's new, friendly, humanoid sales robot. Pepper has been working in stores in Japan and Europe, and Beta is its first North American job.
Read the article: http://arstechnica.com/business/2016/08/pepper-the-4-foot-tall-robot-that-reads-emotions-makes-her-us-debut/

Ars Technica's Valentina Palladino tried out one of NYC's new high tech communication kiosks called LinkNYC, as replacement to old phone booths (now in beta). The kiosks offer city services, free calls, USB power, maps, and free, fast wifi at no cost to the public.
Read the article: http://arstechnica.com/video/2016/08/link-nyc-kiosks-provide-public-wi-fi-youll-actually-want-to-use/

Ars Technica's Cyrus Farivar visited 42, the US branch of the tuition-free French coding school in Fremont, CA. At 42, students live and learn coding for free in a teacher-free, peer environment.
Read the article: http://arstechnica.com/business/2016/08/can-42-us-a-free-coding-school-run-by-a-french-billionaire-actually-work/

Ars Technica's Valentina Palladino compared a few swim tracking devices to find out if simple and cheap wins out over pricey and complex. Answer: depends on what you need.
Read the article: http://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2016/07/doing-laps-and-making-waves-how-to-pick-a-swim-tracker/

Ars Technica's Valentina Palladino reviews the Huawei Matebook, a stylish, luxury tablet with some optional accessories that can make it a pseudo-hybrid laptop, but at a high price.
Read the article: http://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2016/06/huawei-matebook-reviewed-a-surface-clone-that-puts-style-first-work-second/

Ars Technica's Valentina Palladino reviews the Sony Xperia X Performance smartphone. With a 23MP selfie cam, Snapdragon 820, SD expansion slot, but no 4K or fingerprint security, we try to determine if the glitz is worth the high price.

Ars Technica's Valentina Palladino met with the creators of Trainerbot, a robot that teaches you ping-pong, and even survived a bit of "crazy mode".
Read the article: http://arstechnica.com/gaming/2016/05/trainerbot-will-push-your-ping-pong-skills-to-the-limit/

For comparison to the keyboard in the new 2016 Macbook Retina, we've re-posted our first look at Apple's Macbook keyboard in April 2015.
Read the (new) article: http://arstechnica.com/apple/2016/04/review-the-2016-retina-macbook-is-a-faster-version-of-the-same-machine/

The HTC 10 flagship isn't a groundbreaking smartphone, but with a much improved camera, simplified software, excellent build quality, and a little something for the audio nerds, it might just be the phone many have been waiting for.
Read the article: http://arstechnica.co.uk/gadgets/2016/04/htc-10-one-m10-hands-on-preview-video/

Ars Technica's Valentina Palladino reviews the Polar A360 fitness tracker, which has some comparable features to the Garmin Vivosmart HR.
Read the article: http://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2016/03/polar-a360-reviewed-another-fitness-tracker-with-smartwatch-envy/

Ars Technica's Nate Anderson demos the simple setup of a Nest Protect system with an iPad.
Read the article: http://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2016/02/smoke-alarms-get-smart-four-months-with-the-nest-protect/

Ars Technica's Ron Amadeo gets a hands-on preview of the new LG G5, as well as their new headphones, robotic camera, VR glasses, and G5 attachments.
Read the article: http://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2016/02/lg-g5-hands-on-lg-may-have-made-the-most-innovative-phone-of-mwc/

Ars Technica's Cyrus Farivar visits Taser International in Scottsdale, AZ to talk about their body camera product line, visit the production floor, watch a demo and participates in a demo with a Fresno, CA police officer.
Read the article: http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2016/01/what-are-you-doing-in-my-fg-house-a-behind-the-lens-look-at-body-cameras/

Ron Amadeo of Ars Technica gets a hands-on with the new Moto 360.
Read the article: http://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2015/09/the-second-generaiton-moto-360-a-beautiful-compact-design-without-much-new-tech/

The BINA48 robot, created by Martine Rothblatt and Hanson Robotics, has a conversation with Siri.
Read the article: http://arstechnica.com/the-multiverse/2015/09/the-terasem-group-wants-to-help-transform-you-into-an-ai/

Ars Technica's Andrew Cunningham takes a look at some new functions of the iPhone 6S and 6S Plus
Read the article: http://arstechnica.com/apple/2015/09/a-3d-touch-above-the-iphone-6s-and-6s-plus-reviewed/

Ars' Peter Bright gets his hands on various new Microsoft devices, including the Surface Pro 4, Band 2, Lumia 950 and Continuum Display Dock.
Read the article: http://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2015/10/hands-on-the-new-lumia-flagships-are-competent-continuum-is-cool/

Ars' Valentina Palladino talks about the stylish new Jawbone Up4, and then uses it to go shopping.
Read the article: http://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2015/10/jawbones-up4-is-its-most-advanced-and-expensive-tracker-yet/

Ars Technica's Valentina Palladino talks about Fossil's Q line of wearables, and shows off the Q Grant and Q Reveler.
Read the article: http://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2015/10/fossil-q-wearables-reviewed-smart-watches-that-actually-look-good/

Ars Technica's Andrew Cunningham took the new Apple TV for a spin, and found some cool - and not so cool - functionality.
Read the article: http://arstechnica.com/apple/2015/11/new-apple-tv-wants-to-be-more-than-just-a-streaming-box-but-it-isnt-yet/